LETTERS FROM THE RESUSCITATIO. 113 



A Letter commending his Love and Occasions to 

 Sir Thomas Challoner then in Scotland, upon his 

 Majesty s Entrance. 



Sir, 



For our money matters, I am assured you received no 

 insatisfaction : for you know my mind ; and you know my 

 means ; which now the openness of the time, caused by this 

 blessed consent and peace, will increase ; and so our 

 agreement according to your time be observed. For the 

 present, according to the Roman adage (that one cluster 

 of grapes ripeneth best beside another) ; I know you hold 

 me not unworthy, whose mutual friendship you should 

 cherish : and I, for my part, conceive good hope that you 

 are likely to become an acceptable servant to the king our 

 master. Not so much for any way made heretofore, (which 

 in my judgement will make no great difference) as for tne 

 stuff and sufficiency, which I know to be in you ; and 

 whereof I know his majesty may reap great service. And 

 therefore my general request is, that according to that in 

 dustrious vivacity, which you use towards your friends, you 

 will further his majesty s good conceit and inclination 

 towards me ; to whom words cannot make me known ; 

 neither mine own nor others ; but time will, to no dis 

 advantage of any that shall forerun his majesty s experience, 

 by your testimony and commendation. And though occa 

 sion give you the precedence of doing me this special good 

 office ; yet, I hope no long time will intercede, before I 

 shall have some means to requite your favour and acquit 

 your report. More particularly, having thought good to 

 make oblation of my most humble service to his majesty by 

 a few lines, I do desire your loving care and help by 

 yourself, or such means as I refer to your discretion, to de 

 liver and present the same to his majesty s hands. Of whicb 



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